Where does “こどもの日” come from?
こどもの日 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 子供, from Japanese 子, from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.
こどもの日 (Japanese): Children's Day, a festival held in Japan on 5 May to celebrate children; part of the Golden Week series of holidays in May
Definitions
- Children's Day, a festival held in Japan on 5 May to celebrate children; part of the Golden Week series of holidays in May
Ancestry of “こどもの日”, step by step
こどもの日 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 子供
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 子供 | child |
| 2 | Japanese | 子 | a child; a girl, especially a dear or desired... |
| 3 | Japanese | 鼠 | a mouse or a rat; general term for members of... |
| 4 | Japanese | nezumi | — |